First, a color that my boyfriend picked up: I wanted to paint my nails with something light for a change instead of the "usual" winter mani. I asked him to choose a color and, between the finalists pink and light blue, the latter won: it was Barry M Blue Moon.

Very nice, it lasted almost three days, which is kind of a record for me if I don't use the Zoya Color Lock System ;)

I know that the title might seem a bit weird (ok, it is), but there's an explanation for it. It's related to my most recent manicure!

And the color in question is very close to that of the bbq sauce, a deep vampy red with a purple undertone that suits my short nails (I had to file them down because this bloody cold is really challenging them -not that they're so long in general >.< -)

It has been one of the first OPIs I've spotted in some American beauty blog some years ago and what hook me was the name of it: Mrs O'Leary's BBQ. Now... surely you all know about the Chicago Great Fire that destroyed the city in the dry summer of 1871 and I guess that you also know about the unfortunate cow that started it. Mrs O'Leary was tipping her cow at night, so there was a lantern nearby. Somehow the cow kicked and made the lantern fall, the fire started and it spread pretty fast because at that time the houses were mainly made of wood. After two days and a clement rain, the aftermath was petrifying: basically the city burned to the ground and at least 300 victims.

From this major event in the history of the city, OPI took inspiration and created this nail polish and put it in the Chicago Collection.

The name is kind of creepy but I personally think it's one of the most original names invented by the brand.

Bando alle ciance, eccolo!Cut the chatter, here's the color!

Natural Light (Luce naturale)

Artificial lightning (Luce artificiale)

Different undetones(Sottotoni diversi)

In the bottom left pic of the collage you can really see the purple undertone I was talking about underlined by the stark white flash... a useful error!

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